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My review of Managing Chaos has been published on UXmatters.com. Excerpt: If there’s a faster way to remove oxygen from a room, I’ve yet to find it. Perhaps part of people’s aversion to governance is its reputation for bureaucracy, overhead, and generally slowing things down. There may be a sense of dissonance between those whoRead more about Review of ‘Managing Chaos’ on UXmatters.com[…]

Details Senior CX Strategist Joanna Motrunecs and Director of Digital Strategy Kristen Erickson walk through the heuristic evaluation process step-by-step. We’ll discuss use cases, benefits, challenges and best practices, with an example deliverable. About the Presenters Joanna Motrunecs: Joanna brings her ten years of user experience and digital design expertise to Falls Digital as SeniorRead more about UXAkron Event: November 5, How to conduct a Heuristic Evaluation[…]

My review of Living in Information has posted at UXmatters.com. Excerpt: The idea of information architecture was what initially attracted me to the field of User Experience some 15 years ago. Working in a small graphic-design studio as the only Web designer for an ad agency, I designed Web sites, often coding them myself. Sometimes, clientsRead more about Review of Living in Information on UXmatters.com[…]

I will be presenting workshops on User Experience Research and Product Design in conjunction with the Romanian Association for UXD at the first UXDays workshop series running October 30-November 3. From the site: UX Days is an immersive, educational experience, designed to empower UX practitioners or aficionados with not only critical knowledge about UX Design,Read more about UXDays: User Experience Workshops in Bucharest[…]

My review of Design Leadership has published at UXmatters.com. Excerpt: As the profession of User Experience matures and becomes more enmeshed in organizational strategy, we see a greater need for UX professionals to develop soft skills. It is this realization that led Paul Sherman, my colleague at Kent State, to give his presentation “The UnicornRead more about Review of Design Leadership on UXmatters.com[…]

My review of Evil By Design has published on UXmatters.com. Excerpt: Lucifer. Darth Vader. Voldemort. Gru. Literature is filled with heroes, but also memorable villains. And why not? The uncomfortable truth is that, for many of us, villains and evil are much more interesting than heroes and good. It’s easy to identify the hero—theRead more about Review of ‘Evil by Design’ on UXmatters.com[…]

My review of Creative Confidence has published at UXmatters.com. Excerpt: Tom Kelley and David Kelley, coauthors of Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, are men on a mission. Tom Kelley is general manager of IDEO, a design consultancy specializing in product development and innovation. David Kelley is a founder of IDEO and hasRead more about Review of ‘Creative Confidence’ on UXmatters.com[…]